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PSEUDOPLANCTON [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
DEF

Organisms (as bryozoans, barnacles, corals, or corallines) that attach themselves to floating vegetation or debris and are thus effectively a part of the plankton.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Ensemble des matières détritiques en suspension dans l'eau.

CONT

Les algues unicellulaires forment une biomasse énorme mais «prisonnière» des madréporaires [...] et, par ailleurs, la majeure partie des matières organiques en suspension se trouve à l'état détritique («pseudoplancton»).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecosistemas
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